Course Descriptions
Springfield College Undergraduate Courses
FSC-105 (3). Introduction to Forensic Science. An introductory course to the field of forensic science, with emphasis on the various disciplines within forensic science and the role of the crime laboratory in the criminal justice system. Prerequisite: one year each of high school biology and chemistry or equivalent. IAI LP 900.
GEO-104 (3). World Regional Geography. A study of the cultural, physical, political and economic characteristics of each of the major regions of the world. IAI S4 900N
GEO-105 (4). Physical Geography. An approach to the physical environment including land-forms, soil, vegetation, weather, survey of world climatic patterns and environmental conservation. (Three lecture hours and one three-hour weekly laboratory). IAI P1 909L.
GEO-107 (3). Economic Geography. The economic implications of natural resources. Emphasis on production of goods in relation to the development of agriculture, commerce and industry. IAI S4 903N.
HLT-101 (3). Personal and Community Health. Units on personal health: discussion of disease and its control; fundamentals of physical and emotional health. Units on community health: study of medical services; government agencies and controls; public health services in state and local areas. IAI ECE 901.
HIS-101 (3). Western Civilization I. A survey of the political, economic, cultural and social development of Western civilization from the ancient world to 1648. Topics covered include the Greek and Roman worlds, the Germanic movements, the medieval world, the rise of trade, cities and kingdoms in the Renaissance and the Reformation. IAI S2 902; IAI HST 913.
HIS-102 (3). Western Civilization II. A survey of the political, economic, cultural and social development of Western civilization from 1648 to present. Topics covered include Absolutism, the Scientific, Industrial and French Revolutions, Romanticism, urbanization, nationalism, imperialism, Marxism, the World Wars, totalitarianism, the Cold War and the West and its interaction with the rest of the world. IAI S2 903; IAI HST 914.
HIS-108 (3). History of Latin America. A survey of political, economic, cultural and social history of principal Latin American nations, including political relations, independence and social and economic movements. (Cross Reference HIST-213). IAI S2 910N.
HIS-110 (3). History of the Middle East. A survey of political, economic, cultural and social history of the Middle East from ancient times to the present. IAI S2 918N.
HIS-220 (3). Sectionalism, Civil War, and Reconstruction. This course is a study of United States history between 1845, the start of the Mexican War, and 1877, the end of the Reconstruction era. Special emphasis will be given to the growing sectional crisis of the 1850’s, the institution of slavery, the causes of the Civil War, the military history of the Civil War, the presidency of Abraham Lincoln, and the Reconstruction policies of the federal government after the Civil War.
HIS-221 (3). United States History through Reconstruction. A survey of the political, economic, social and intellectual developments of the United States from the Colonial Period through Reconstruction. Emphasis is given to important movements and events including mercantilism, the American Revolution, Jeffersonian democracy, sectionalism and the Civil War. (Cross Reference HIST-111). IAI S2 900; IAI HST 911.
HIS-222 (3). United States History since Reconstruction. A survey of United States history since the Reconstruction Era. Emphasis is given to the rapid developments that occurred in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the areas of labor and industrial expansion, progressivism, western expansion, American imperialism, World War I, World War II and the Cold War. (Cross Reference HIST-112). IAI S2 901; IAI HST 912.
HIS-223 (3). Contemporary United States History. This course deals with post-World War II America. Special emphasis is placed on analyses of the presidents from Truman to Clinton and on detailed studies of the Cold War, Vietnam, the African-American movement, the feminist movement and the problems of environmental pollution.
HIS-224 (3). The Contemporary World: 1945-Present. An intensive study of the major economic, political, social, cultural and intellectual transformations of the world since 1945. Special emphasis is placed on the reconstruction of the postwar world, the Cold War, the post-cold War and the changing relations in the world. Evaluations of issues pertinent to the current state of the world are of special importance. Prerequisite: a course in European or U.S. History. IAI S2 913N.
HUM-101 (formerly IDS-111) (3). Discourse, Inquiry, and Worldview. An interdisciplinary survey course combining multiple, inquiry-based, disciplinary approaches and diverse materials designed to help students develop and hone critical thinking, information-literacy, and information-retrieval skills necessary both for a successful academic discourse experience and in order to yield deeper understandings surrounding the methods of approach used to explore and evaluate issues, events, and concepts within and among disciplines, and exploration.
HUM-183 (3). Humanities I: An Exploration of Human Values. A chronologically organized interdisciplinary survey of human values as they have been represented in significant works of the visual arts, architecture, music and other performing arts, literature and philosophy. Covers the earliest civilizations through the fourteenth century. IAI HF 902.
HUM-184 (3). Humanities II: An Exploration of Human Values. A chronologically organized interdisciplinary survey of human values as they have been represented in significant works of the visual arts, architecture, music and other performing arts, literature and philosophy. Covers the period from the Renaissance to the present day. IAI HF 903.
HUM-221 (3). Native American Cultural Expression. An interdisciplinary survey of cultural engagement and expression of Native American peoples in their encounters with European-American societies from the time of contact through periods of conquest, removal, assimilation, and the current restoration of tribal government and Native culture. Particular attention will be paid to processes of cultural adaptation, commodification and expropriation. IAI HF 906D.
HUM-223 (3). Ethnic/Cultural Expressions in American Music. A study of selected artistic traditions of marginalized American subcultures, with particular attention to Scots-Irish and African American musical traditions and their commodification by the theater and the sound recording industry. Minstrel shows, gospel, country blues and rock will be emphasized.
